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CVE-2018-8378 — Microsoft Excel Viewer security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 5.5

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office software reads out of bound memory due to an uninitialized variable, which could disclose the contents of memory, aka "Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Word, Microsoft SharePoint Server, Microsoft Office Word Viewer, Microsoft Excel Viewer, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Office.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
5.5 (3.0)
Published
2018-08-15
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
windows/system
Weaknesses
CWE-125, CWE-908

Affected products

  • microsoft / excel_viewer / 2007
  • microsoft / office / 2010
  • microsoft / office / 2013
  • microsoft / office / 2016
  • microsoft / office_compatibility_pack
  • microsoft / office_web_apps / 2010

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Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

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